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29th Annual Sea Witch Festival kicks off Oct. 26 in Rehoboth

October 21, 2018

Costumed four-legged friends will be wagging their way down the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk during the 29th Annual Sea Witch Festival, Friday through Sunday, Oct. 26-28.

The Best Costumed Dog Contest, sponsored by Rehoboth Beach Animal Hospital and co-sponsored by Pet Wants Rehoboth Beach, is set for Sunday, Oct. 28. Registration begins at noon on Lake Avenue next to the Henlopen Hotel. The registration fee is $5 per dog. The one-mile-long parade will begin at 1 p.m., from the north end of the Boardwalk down to Laurel Street, then ending on the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand where the judges’ favorite costumed dogs will be announced at 2:30 p.m.

Spectators can view the parade from the Boardwalk. For additional information about the Costumed Dog Parade and the full schedule of Sea Witch activities, go to www.beach-fun.com or call the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce at 302-227-6446.

2018 top sponsors:

• WRDE NBC Coast TV – Official Sea Witch Festival Mega Sponsor

• Discover Bank – Official Bandstand Sponsor

• Delaware Today – Perfect Wave Sponsor
• Grotto Pizza – Perfect Wave Sponsor
• M&T Bank – Perfect Wave Sponsor
• Weis Markets – Perfect Wave Sponsor

• Custom Mechanical – Barrel Wave Sponsor
• DART First State – Barrel Wave Sponsor
• Seaboard Hotels – Barrel Wave Sponsor

• Arena’s Deli – Swell Wave Sponsor
• AT&T Wireless – Swell Wave Sponsor
• Atlantic Liquors – Swell Wave Sponsor
•The BeachLife App – Swell Wave Sponsor
• The Bellmoor Inn – Swell Wave Sponsor
• Crosswinds Motel – Swell Wave Sponsor
• DiFebo’s – Swell Wave Sponsor
• Jack Lingo – Swell Wave Sponsor
• Jeanine O’Donnell – Swell Wave Sponsor
• Sussex County Association of Realtors – Swell Wave Sponsor

• Affinity Energy – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Atlantic Transportation Services – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Boulevard Ford-Lincoln – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Buffalo Wild Wings – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Cape May-Lewes Ferry – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Fins Hospitality Group – Rip Wave Sponsor
• First Rate Movers – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Fulton Bank – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Hyatt Place Dewey Beach – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Kilwin’s Rehoboth Avenue – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Pieces of Time – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Sussex County Women’s Journal – Rip Wave Sponsor
• Trinity Logistics – Rip Wave Sponsor.